Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2025 13:33:32 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> To: Matthias Andree <mandree@freebsd.org> Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 4d03cd5c0e7c - main - sysutils/linuxfdisk: deprecate, see util-linux Message-ID: <aNk5LPkWvqHJEj0Z@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <f40679ab-2a24-4925-b036-9ed47235564a@FreeBSD.org> References: <202507061230.566CUD7e013550@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <aNkJJ7fW8L-hLeRR@FreeBSD.org> <f40679ab-2a24-4925-b036-9ed47235564a@FreeBSD.org>
index | next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail
On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 02:34:26PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote: > Am 28.09.25 um 12:08 schrieb Alexey Dokuchaev: > > On Sun, Jul 06, 2025 at 12:30:13PM +0000, Matthias Andree wrote: > > > commit 4d03cd5c0e7cfaffd8aadf9e932908c2ef31485e > > > > > > sysutils/linuxfdisk: deprecate, see util-linux > > > > > > linuxfdisk is woefully outdated and installs scripts > > > that are installed in current versions by util-linux. > > > > > > Deprecate and expire in three months. > > > > [...] > > Now, fdisk(8) from `devel/util-linux' does not seem to work this way: > > > > % $WRKDIR/util-linux-2.39.4/fdisk /dev/da0 [...] > > fdisk: cannot open /dev/da0: Invalid argument > > > > So before someone(tm) would fix this new version to actually work like > > the old one, we're not ready to deprecate `sysutils/linuxfdisk' port. > > That would probably start with your setting the relevant sysctl to 16 Tried that, make no difference. > FreeBSD so you actually mess with the MBR, and then attaching truss to > figure what's still broken... Debugging and potentially fixing the problem is certainly doable, but that's still a non-zero amount of work and someone(tm) has to do it *before* deprecating working port in favor of (currently) non-working, for this particular use case. ./danfehome | help
Want to link to this message? Use this
URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?aNk5LPkWvqHJEj0Z>